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News straight from my Inbox is that The Waltons Movie Collection will be released on January 26, 2010.  This collection will include all six of the post series movies. For further information on this set, have a look at http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Waltons-The-Movie-Collection/12816 .  The box art is also available for viewing at this link.

A Waltons friend recently sent me a flyer for this special event at the Will Geer Theatricum. On Sunday, October 4 at 1.00 pm, the Theatricum will be hosting “Voices of America” which celebrates America through both songs and words.  There’s a lot of special guests, and the money raised will support the Theatricum’s outreach program.

I love the idea of Will Geer’s Theatricum, which celebrates his love of plants and plays.  You can find further information over at the Theatricum site.  If I lived closer I’d be going!

Earlier this year Dagmar, a frequent poster on the Waltons Forum, visited Schuyler, Virginia.  She shared the video of her time in Schuyler with forum members, and we are fortunate that she has agreed to let me post her video here.  As Dagmar is German, the titles of her video are in German.  How lucky she was to have such a wonderful trip.

Dagmar, thank you so much for sharing, and I hope everyone enjoys her videos as much as I did.

Here’s Part One:

And Part Two:

Have a look at the Waltons poll, and register your favourite season. I’m curious as to which season is most liked.

During a search on Ebay Australia this morning, I came across several seasons of DVD sets of The Waltons, formatted for Region 4. I inquired with one of the sellers who tells me that he sells genuine Warner Bros sets of The Waltons encoded for both regions 1 and 4, and these are available for seasons 1 to 7.  At the moment seasons 8 and 9 are currently only available in region 1 coding. 

I have all sets which I have bought from the US and these all work fine on my DVD player.  I have had email from several Australians though who have had problems playing region 1 DVD sets, and so I thought I would include this information for any Australians out there who are interested.  Have a look on Ebay Australia for these sets.  I am happy to pass on the ID of the seller I spoke to.  Just leave a comment and I’ll get back to you.

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Here’s another one with Earl Hamner’s name on the cross. Again, this is taken from the same scenes of the episode “The Hero”.

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A friend of mine reminded me of the episode where the Walton family and friends were paying tribute to the fallen soldiers of the area, in the episode “The Hero”. The set designers must have had such fun with that episode, because you can see in the picture, that many of the crosses on the graves bear the names of various well known directors, and others, of The Waltons. Harry Harris has a cross here. Great fun for Waltons fans to see. I’ll add a few more in the next few posts.

Somewhat late with this tribute, but Harry Harris passed away earlier this year, on March 19, 2009.  He was a phenominal director, who directed 40 episodes of The Waltons.  His career spanned over 47 years and he continued working until well into his 80s.  Other shows he directed during his career included 7th Heaven, Beverly Hills 90210, Dr Quinn Medecine Woman, Eight is Enough, Cagney and Lacey, Our House, and Fame.  It was for an episode of Fame that he was awarded an Emmy award, ”To Soar and Never Falter”. 

His many episodes of The Waltons included ones like The Fire, The Journey, The Runaway, The System, The Genius, The Burnout, The Career Girl, The First Casualty, and so many others.  Whilst he didn’t direct any during the final season Harris did return during 1982 to direct my favorite telemovie “A Day of Thanks on Waltons Mountain”, and then again in 1992 for “A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion”. 

Thank you for being an important part of The Waltons, and thank you for directing so many brilliant episodes.  What a fantastic legacy you have left us.

RIP

Just today I sent out the March digest, and included a link for a photo showing the First Lady, Mrs Obama alongside our very own Richard Thomas from The Waltons.  Sadly the link didn’t show the photo, but takes you to the front page of the blog. I am therefore adding the photo here, and would urge you to have a look at the mrs-o.org site for further information. I’m thrilled to see that the occasion was reopening of Ford’s Theatre, Washington.  A very worthy occasion.